..03), and both self-efficacy and coping significantly improved from pre-CBT to post-ATIVR (p < .01). Results indicate ATIVR is feasible and acceptable. Its efficacy should be evaluated in a randomized controlled trial...

..Using interactive voice response (IVR), we developed an automated screening tool (IVR Screen) for identifying alcohol misuse in outpatient primary care offices and evaluated its use rate and acceptability for both patients and providers...

..Cross-sectional and short-term longitudinal studies may not provide adequate data to address subtle but important relationships that impact consumption frequency and/or quantity...

Decline in alcohol consumption during two years of daily reporting

John E HelzerJ Stud Alcohol 63:551-8. 2002

..We conducted a formal analysis of the potential effects on alcohol consumption of daily reports to an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system over a 2-year period...

Concurrent and retrospective reports of alcohol consumption across 30, 90 and 366 days: interactive voice response compared with the timeline follow back

John S SearlesDepartment of Psychiatry, Health Behavior Research Center, University of Vermont, South Burlington 05403, USAJ Stud Alcohol 63:352-62. 2002

..To compare near-concurrent and retrospective reports of alcohol consumption and to determine whether a simple adjustment function could be applied to the retrospective reports to correct any distortions in reporting...